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El Paso's Franklin High School ranked in Daily Beast's top schools list

Times staff report

Posted:
08/27/2014 02:24:55 PM MDT

Franklin High School in West El Paso has been listed among the nation's 700 Top High Schools of 2014 by the Daily Beast online news and opinion site.

The school is ranked No. 638 on the list, which considered six key indicators such as graduation and college acceptance rates.

"Other criteria included: college-level courses and exams, percentage of students with free or reduced lunch, as well as SAT and ACT scores - another mark of how well a school prepares students for college," the site states.

A school in the El Paso Independent School District, Franklin has a graduating rate of 90 percent, and 87 percent of its students are college-bound, according to the rankings.

According to the Daily Beast, the rankings were based on 2012-13 data from the Department of Education. The publication then contacted public schools with graduation rates of at least 85 percent. About 1,200 public schools that completed the survey were then compared by graduation and college acceptance rates, advanced placement test scores and college admission exam scores.

"These are schools that serve their students well, but are also undoubtedly well-served by their students' socioeconomic status, parental involvement and prior school experiences," the story states.

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green, Ky., was ranked No. 1.